Nova Scotia. In 1632
Charles I. resigned to
Louis VIII. of France all claims to New France,
ACADIA, and Canada, as the property of England. This restoration
was fruitful of many ills to the
English colonies and to
England. Chalmers traces back to it the colonial disputes of later
times and the American Revolution. The inhabitants of Nova Scotia
were more in favor of the struggling Americans than were those of
Canada. A large portion of them seemed desirous of linking their
fortunes with the cause of the "Bostonians," as the American
patriots were called. They petitioned the
Continental Congress
on the subject of union, and opened communications with
Washington;
and Massachusetts was more than once asked to aid in revolutionizing
that province. But its distance and weakness made such assistance
impracticable.

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